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...You want to know whether the problems that you teenagers feel—will they follow you over the rest of your lives? Will your hearts always be aching? Is that what you are asking me?”Goodman shifted in discomfort. “Something like that,” he said.“Yes,” said the counselor in a suddenly plangent voice. “Always they will be aching. I wish I could tell you something else, but I wouldn’t be telling the truth. My wise and gentle friends, this is the way it will be from now on.”No one could say anything. “We are so, so fucked,” Jules finally said...
...You want to know whether the problems that you teenagers feel—will they follow you over the rest of your lives? Will your hearts always be aching? Is that what you are asking me?”Goodman shifted in discomfort. “Something like that,” he said.“Yes,” said the counselor in a suddenly plangent voice. “Always they will be aching. I wish I could tell you something else, but I wouldn’t be telling the truth. My wise and gentle friends, this is the way it will be from now on.”No one could say anything. “We are so, so fucked,” Jules finally said...
Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
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- Meg Wolitzer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
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